Comment on "This page is best viewed from the United States"parentComments−dredmorbius14yCloudFront is S3-backed CDN.−coderdude14yYou can use S3 as an origin server for CloudFront but it's not serving files directly from S3. CloudFront has "edge locations" that you can push files to from S3 -- which "stores the original, definitive versions of your files."[1][1] http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/−dredmorbius14yThanks. Still picking this up myself.−enjo14yIt's important to note that Cloudfront also supports custom origins, so it doesn't even have to involve s3 these days.−onetwothreefour14yCloudFront is also one of the worst CDNs available.Let me know when Amazon.com is running on CloudFront instead of Akamai.
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CloudFront is S3-backed CDN.
You can use S3 as an origin server for CloudFront but it's not serving files directly from S3. CloudFront has "edge locations" that you can push files to from S3 -- which "stores the original, definitive versions of your files."[1]
[1] http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
Thanks. Still picking this up myself.
It's important to note that Cloudfront also supports custom origins, so it doesn't even have to involve s3 these days.
CloudFront is also one of the worst CDNs available.
Let me know when Amazon.com is running on CloudFront instead of Akamai.